July 2010 Blog Posts (5)

Students and teachers have loved learning about global sustainability with Green Living Project. We have some amazing stories to share! Our latest presentation, "Sustainability: Central America to Maine" features marine wildlife conservation (turtles), adventure eco-lodges, voluntourism and more.

Check out the photo below of a baby sea turtle protected by the Leatherback Trust in Costa Rica. It's great not only seeing this conservation work, but also being able to visit…

I have to post-pone the iSave Haiti (that sounds like an episode of iCarly) fundrasier to next summer, because of money and school coming up. My mom doesnt want me worrying about it because its so close to the new school year.

I went to my room and CRIED. DO YOU HEAR ME PEOPLE! i FREAKIN CRIED FOR FREAKIN HAITI. NEVER HAPPENED B4 IT SUPRISED ME!

If people would help the Earth as much as they listen to music, then there wouldnt be any 2012 business going aound. We wouldnt have to worry about helping other countries. Then again nobodies perfect. Nobody wants to do anything they are suppose to do, nobody wants to help anymore.

My mom tells me stories anout how all the children in the neighborhood would play together. Nobody does that anymore. What happen to everyone playing hide-&-seek.…

June 11, 2010 - The environment took centre stage for many Canadian high school students over the month of May as they worked collaboratively with educators to document an environmental issue close to home and propose solutions for a greener community.…

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Why recycle?
As of 1989 recycling in NYC and the boroughs has been a law. In addition, there is a legal school recycling plan, as well as the chancellor’s regulation 1-850. Ultimately, recycling is a…

The Linking Angels“And you shall make two golden cherubim; you shall make them of hammered work, from the two ends of the ark cover.” (Shemot 25:18)Among the various instructions provided for the assembling of the Mishkan in Parshat Terumah, the cherubim are quite an odd and ambiguous request. Rarely do they appear elsewhere in the Torah and never are these entities described clearly, other than their having wings and faces pointing towards the Aron Kodesh. Their purpose in Judaism and the…See More

After an amazing presentation by Jen Prescott, the Ramaz school was introduced to waste and sustainability eco-pathways. As a start to the change in our school culture, we have purchased a tumbler -still not sure what to name it yet!- and have begun…